Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying Via H± → Τ±ν in Fully Hadronic Final States with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Decaying Via H± → Τ±ν in Fully Hadronic Final States with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

Author: Anna Kopp

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Published: 2015

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Zusammenfassung: Searches for charged Higgs bosons decaying to a tau lepton and a neutrino in fully hadronic final states are presented in this thesis. The analyses are based on 4.6fb^-1 and 19.5fb^-1 of proton-proton collision data taken with the ATLAS detector at the LHC at center-of-mass energies of 7TeV and 8TeV in 2011 and 2012, respectively.Charged Higgs bosons with masses less than the top quark mass are searched for in events consistent with top-quark pair production and charged Higgs bosons with masses greater than the top quark mass are searched for in associated production with a top quark.In the search based on data taken in 2011, all background contributions are estimated in data-driven ways. Only a minor background contribution is estimated using simulation in the searches based on data taken in 2012; all dominant background contributions are estimated using data-driven methods here as well. An embedding method is used in all searches to assess the dominant and irreducible background contributions containing true hadronically decaying tau leptons and described in detail in this thesis.No significant excess of the data compared to the background expectations due to Standard Model processes is observed. Statistical analyses lead to 95% confidence-level upper limits on the branching ratios B(t->bH^±)xB(H^±->tau^± nu) between 0.23% and 1.3% for charged Higgs boson masses between 80GeV and 160GeV and on the production cross section times branching ratio, sigma(pp->tH^±+X)xB(H^±->tau^± nu) ranging from 0.76pb to 4.5fb for charged Higgs boson masses between 180GeV and 1000GeV. The branching ratio and cross section limits are used to derive constraints on the parameter space of minimal supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model in various benchmark scenarios. These limits are the so far strictest limits set by the ATLAS collaboration in the search for charged Higgs bosons in fully hadronic final states

Search for Charged Higgs Bosons in the [tau]+lepton Final State with 36.1 Fb−1 of Pp Collision Data Recorded at [square Root]s
Search for Charged Higgs Bosons in the [tau]+lepton Final State with 36.1 Fb−1 of Pp Collision Data Recorded at [square Root]s

Author: Blake Burghgrave

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Published: 2018

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 9780438392144

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This dissertation describes a search for charged Higgs bosons decaying to a tau and a neutrino (H+ [right arrow] [tau]+[nu][sub t] or the charge-conjugate process) in association with a leptonically decaying top quark, using 36.1 fb−1 of pp collision data collected with [square root]s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector. The theoretical motivation, including a review of the Standard Model, is given, along with a description of the ATLAS detector and particle reconstruction. A multi-variate analysis approach uses stochastic gradient boosted decision trees to improve the separation between H^[+/-] signal and background. The semi-leptonic channel described in this thesis is used in combination with a fully hadronic channel to search for charged Higgs bosons in a mass range of 90 GeV [less than or equal to] m[sub H^[+/-]] [less than or equal to] 2000 GeV. Finding no significant excess, limits are set at the 95% confidence level on the charged Higgs production cross section times the branching fraction into [tau][nu] ranging from 4.2 pb to 2.5 fb. These limits are interpreted in the hMSSM benchmark scenario as an exclusion at 95% confidence on tan[beta] as a function of m[sub H^[+/-]]. In this scenario, for tan[beta] = 60, the H^[+/-] mass range up to 1100 GeV is excluded, with all values of tan[beta] exclude for m[sub H^[+/-]] [precedes or equivalent to] 160 GeV.

Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Produced in Association with a Top Quark and Decaying Via H±2!tau][nu] Using Pp Collision Data Recorded at [mml
Search for Charged Higgs Bosons Produced in Association with a Top Quark and Decaying Via H±2!tau][nu] Using Pp Collision Data Recorded at [mml

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 20

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In this paper, charged Higgs bosons produced in association with a single top quark and decaying via H±→[tau][nu] are searched for with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, using proton-proton collision data at √s=13 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb-1. The final state is characterised by the presence of a hadronic [tau] decay and missing transverse momentum, as well as a hadronically decaying top quark, resulting in the absence of high-transverse-momentum electrons and muons. The data are found to be consistent with the expected background from Standard Model processes. A statistical analysis leads to 95% confidence-level upper limits on the production cross section times branching fraction, [sigma](pp→[b]tH±)×BR(H±→[tau][nu]) , between 1.9 pb and 15 fb, for charged Higgs boson masses ranging from 200 to 2000 GeV. Finally, the exclusion limits for this search surpass those obtained with the proton-proton collision data recorded at √s=8 TeV.

A Search for Charged Higgs Boson Decays of the Top Quark Using Hadronic Decays of the Tau Lepton in Proton-antiproton Collisions at Square Root S
A Search for Charged Higgs Boson Decays of the Top Quark Using Hadronic Decays of the Tau Lepton in Proton-antiproton Collisions at Square Root S

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Published: 2000

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The Standard Model predicts the existence of one neutral scalar Higgs boson, which is a remnant of the mechanism that breaks the SU(2)[sub L]xU(1)[sub Y] electroweak symmetry and generates masses for the heavy vector bosons and fermions. Many extensions to the Standard Model predict two or more Higgs doublets, resulting in a larger spectrum of Higgs bosons including a charged Higgs boson (H[sup [+-]]). For a light charged Higgs boson mass, the top decay into a charged Higgs boson and bottom quark might occur. This thesis presents results of a direct search for this top quark decay mode via the charged Higgs decay to a tau lepton and tau-neutrino, using the hadronic decays of the tau leptons. The search data consist of 100 pb[sup -1] of Run 1 data collected between 1992-1995 at the CDF detector, from p[anti p] collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV produced at Fermilab's Tevatron accelerator. A total of seven events are observed in two search channels with an expected background contribution of 7.4[+-]2.0 events coming from fake taus (5.4[+-]1.5), heavy vector boson decays with jets (1.9[+-]1.3) and dibosons(0.08[+-]0.06). Lacking evidence for a signal, we set limits on charged Higgs production at the 95% confidence level in the charged Higgs mass plane versus tan[beta](a parameter of the theory) for a top quark mass of 175 GeV/c[sup 2] and for top production cross sections ([sigma][sub t[anti t]]) of 5.0 and 7.5 pb, assuming the Type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet-Model. For large tan[beta], this analysis excludes a charged Higgs boson of mass below 147(158)GeV/c[sup 2] for [sigma][sub t[anti t]]=5.0(7.5)pb. Using the Standard Model measured top quark cross section from CDF, this limit increases to 168 GeV/c[sup 2] and we also exclude a branching fraction of top decays via this charged Higgs mode of greater than 43% for charged Higgs masses below 168 GeV/c[sup 2].